Elyas Ayyoub

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cape Town, South Africa
High School:
Bishops Diocesan College
Prev School:
LIU
Major:
Biology

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• SEC Men's Newcomer of the Year (2024)
• NCAA All-South Region (2024)
• All-SEC Second Team (2024)

TFFRS Bio

2024 (Senior)
SEC Men's Newcomer of the Year
All-South Region (7th Place)
Second-Team All-SEC (12th Place)
Ran in five meets for the Rebels … Named SEC Men's Newcomer of the Year … Posted a top No. 12 finish and personal best in the SEC Championships 8k with 23:00.6 to Earn Second-Team All-SEC honors … Finished seventh in the South Region 10K with a personal best of 29:53.9 and All-South Region honors … Helped the Rebels to a No. 25 finish at the NCAA Championships of 30:28.5 in the 10K.

LIU
Ran in six meets as a junior in 2023 ... Won first cross country meet for first time in his collegiate career at the LIU Fall Festival 8K at 25:25... Finished third in the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Men’s College Brown Race) 8K at 24:59.2... Ran five meets as a sophomore in 2022... Finished third in the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Men’s College Brown Race) 8K at a personal best of 23:53.0... Recorded a personal best of 30:21.2 at the Northeast Region 10K at 30:21.2... Ran in six meets as a freshman in 2021... Finished fifth at the Iona Br. Paddy Doyle Meet of Champions 8K at 25:46.8 ... Finished third at the fall NEC Cross Country Championship 8K with a time of 25:59.6.

High School
Western Providence champion (2020) ... Won third at South African 3000m (2020)... Named cross county captain 2019-2020... Participated in cricket, rugby, soccer, basketball, cross county and track.

Personal
Born on Nov. 10, 2002 to Ingrid Van Meirvenne and Nour Addine Ayyoub... Majoring in biological science.